Useful Resources

1. How to access Occupational Therapy

Click here for more information on how to access occupational therapy through the HSE.

2. What equipment can improve the home of a person with demetia

Click here to access more information on the different types of equipment.

3. This is Me Booklet

Here is the link to the This is Me booklet. It allows you to document the character and personality of your loved one if for example they have to go and stay in a long-term care facility. 

4. What is Palliative Care?

The Irish Hospice Foundation has a useful resource about palliative care. 

Click here to access their resource.

5. Personal Care resources

Find more information here about Personal Care from The Alzheimer Society of Ireland's website.

6. Eating and Drinking at end of life

Please see Social Care Institute for Excellence webpage here for useful information on eating and drinking at end of life.

7. Supporting people with dementia to die at home

Read the Irish Hospice Foundation Briefing Paper here.

8. Guide to placing people in Nursing Homes

Finding a Suitable Nursing Home for a Relative with Dementia

9. Feelings of Loss and Grief

Loss and grief when a family member has dementia

10. Life for Caregivers after placing a relative in a Nursing Home

This guide provides advice for family carers after they have placed a relative in a long-term care facility. You can access the guide here.

11. Video: A promise

For those of you in a spousal caring relationship, you might find this video, though emotive, helpful in validating your emotions at a difficult time.